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The general population associates the media with negative connotation, but they just don’t get it. As a journalist myself, I see so many benefits and experience in my every day work. There are tons of things I’ve learned throughout my career in journalism that can put me a step ahead of fellow competitors for jobs.

Communication skills

What’s the one thing you’re going to find on just about every single job description you look at? Communication skills. Sure, anyone can write down that they have superb communication skills, but can they show experience with it on their resume? Journalists can. I exercise my verbal and written communication skills every day through interviews and writing up stories. Journalism has also given me experience with one-on-one interviews with total strangers; so, sitting down for a job interview with a potential employer doesn’t seem so daunting.

Experience with deadlines

I realize everyone who went to school has experience with deadlines, but deadlines for a newspaper are a little different. These deadlines are crucial; if the story isn’t done on or before production night, it doesn’t get in the paper. There’s no possibility to take a late grade. You would most likely just get fired. Potential employers will look at your resume and acknowledge that you have real-world experience with meeting deadlines and are apparently pretty good at it if you haven’t been fired.

Teamwork

A newspaper is most certainly not a one-person job, or even a few-persons job. There are many people who have to work together to complete a newspaper every week. In journalism, you learn how to communicate amongst each other and work as a team. The editor-in-chief must communicate to the reporters, the designers must communicate to the photo editor, the copy-editors must communicate to the editor-in-chief, and so on. If someone doesn’t do their job, it must be fixed, and communication between each other is key to fixing problems. Employers love to see you have job experience with teamwork.

Working in the media can be a very stressful and difficult job, but it has prepared me for when I get out of college. I can automatically check off many of the requirements on a job application because of this job. No matter how stressed I get every week before deadlines, I love my job in journalism.

At first glance, it seems like my blog is random and all over the place. But all my blogs so far have been personal to me. Whether it’s something I enjoy, something I care about, or something I struggle with, my blog is simply about me.

The theme of my blog is basically advice from me over things I have experience with. I write about things I think could help or entertain people. My goal is to inform people of topics they may not have very much experience with and help them through any problems they may be having.

I have experience with backpacking, so for my first blog I decided to let people know what’s important to pack and not pack, food, clothing, and other essentials. I am also very big into sports, so I wanted to encourage others to give them a chance, even if they don’t think they would enjoy it. I had a lot of advice to give others on how to make the most out of their sporting event experiences. My third blog is something I know is very popular among a lot of my readers. Since I write about things college aged people would be interested in, I know a lot of them struggle with procrastination just like me. Giving advice on how to not procrastinate could be very useful to my readers and would entertain them at the least.

My blog may not have a strict theme, but they are all things I’m familiar with and I think will be useful and entertaining to my readers. I plan to continue writing whatever comes to my mind.